codex gigas, the devil, 12th century bohemia (the codex gigas is known as the devil's bible)
hi class. pick a post, theme, idea, from yesterday's class and develop it. remember: be original. do your own search, no idle talk, no echo chamber. avoid repeating what someone else posted, unless you take it someplace else.
some general points:
1- history is about epochs, epochs are self-contained (@ weltanschauung level). say, you want to understand gothic style, circa 1222. why do you see a pointed arch in churches along with pointed rib vaults and flying buttresses and stained glass windows? first thing, leave your 2022 glasses behind. what works in 2022 is a hindrance in 1222. learn the language, eat the food, smell the air, make friends, learn the rituals & make no judgment. becoming a 1222 folk yourself is the only way to learn. surprise! as you make your way back you learn 2022 doesn't feel the same anymore.
2- no epochal process is planned by human agency. we're inside the process ourselves and cannot cherrypick. whatever happens comes in an avalanche already above us. there's so much we carry from ancestors that we can't even begin to fathom.
3- in art and design, it's THE MARK that changes --all by itself-- as it's repeated over and over.
4- it's time to think of typeface! (all objets have --at least two-- faces, you just have to find them).
go ahead.